cupriferous

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The yield of the argentiferous and cupriferous ores, proved, alas! to be but poor.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas

If the ore contains any stibium, then iron slag is added to it; if pyrites, then are added cakes melted from a cupriferous stone and sand made from stones which easily melt.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

The cupriferous stone struck east-west, with a dip to the south; the outcrops, visible without digging, measured fifteen to twenty metres long, by one to one and a half in breadth.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The description is no doubt that of the Mannsfeld cupriferous slates.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

The Indian titles to the mineral lands on that lake had been but a short time before completely extinguished, and the surveys of Dr. Houghton were bringing the cupriferous riches of the region into notice.

From Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men by Joblin, Maurice